World of Warcraft 5.04 will open up all races to all players regardless of expansion packs

If you’ve been watching the run up to Mists of Pandaria becoming besotted with the pandas and then looking at your wallet only to realise you can’t afford World of Warcraft, The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, and Cataclysm, as well as the Mists of Pandaria, then worry no more. With the activation of patch 5.04 all players will be able to create characters of any race they want including the Panda(rian)s.

The news came viablog postthat”With the release of patch 5.0.4, we’re making all the races of Azeroth playable by anyone, no matter which version or expansion of World of Warcraft they own. This includes the enigmatic pandaren, who will become available for play when Mists of Pandaria is released on Tuesday, September 25. We want the entire World of Warcraft community to be able to embrace their inner goblin, blood elf, worgen, draenei, or pandaren from the moment they step foot into the world of Azeroth. Now, the only hard part will be choosing a name. Who will you be next?”